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Peer Review #3 of "A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complex (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with the new genus Huaxiadraco (v0.1)"

, 2023
M Soto
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An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2009
A new long-tailed pterosaur, Wukongopterus lii gen. et sp. nov, is described based on an almost complete skeleton (IVPP V15113) representing an individual with an estimated wing span of 730 mm.
Xiaolin Wang, Alexander W.A. Kellner, Shunxing Jiang, Xi Meng   +3 more
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Discovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile. [PDF]

Biol Lett, 2023
Booth W, Levine BA, Corush JB, Davis MA, Dwyer Q, De Plecker R, Schuett GW.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of southern Portugal [PDF]

, 2016
New vertebrate remains reported from the Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Barremian, Lower Cretaceous) of Areias do Mastro, in Cabo Espichel, SW Portugal, south of Lisbon.
Figueiredo, S. D., Figuti, L., Rosina, P.   +2 more
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Gaining Ground On Pterosaur Biomechanics: A General Overview [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
The Pterosauria comprises the Mesozoic flying reptiles whose unique anatomy imposes some challenging constraints to be surpassed when it comes to biomechanical studies, besides having left no modern descendants.
FABIANA R. COSTA, MIGUEL X. MAILHO, EDENILSON O. FRANCISCO, IVAN NUNES   +3 more
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Functional and ecomorphological evolution of orbit shape in mesozoic archosaurs is driven by body size and diet. [PDF]

Commun Biol, 2022
Lautenschlager S.
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Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks [PDF]

, 2012
The necks of the sauropod dinosaurs reached 15 m in length: six times longer than that of the world record giraffe and five times longer than those of all other terrestrial animals.
Taylor, Michael P., Wedel, Mathew J.
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Novel information on the cranial anatomy of the tapejarine pterosaur Caiuajara dobruskii. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Canejo L, Holgado B, Weinschütz LC, Ricetti JHZ, Wilner E, Kellner AWA.   +5 more
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Evidence for tactile foraging in pterosaurs: a sensitive tip to the beak of Lonchodraco giganteus (Pterosauria, Lonchodectidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern England

, 2020
David M. Martill, Roy E. Smith, Nicholas R. Longrich, James Brown   +3 more
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A new pterosaur from the early stage of the Jehol biota in China, with a study on the relative thickness of bone walls. [PDF]

Heliyon, 2023
Jiang S, Song J, Zhang X, Cheng X, Wang X.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source